American Cancer Society’s
2018 Garden of Hope Santa Cruz
Fashion Show

Join us at the American Cancer Society's Garden of Hope on Sunday October 28, 2018 for a great afternoon! Great food, a spectacular auction, and much more, provide for this premier event to be one of a kind.

On behalf of the American Cancer Society’s Fashion Show Committee, we wish to thank you for your donation of an auction item to our event in the past. Your generous contribution helps support the mission of the American Cancer Society, the nation’s largest private source of funds for scientists studying cancer. We are asking for your continued support by donating an auction item to our 2018 event, the 9th annual Santa Cruz Fashion Show “A Fashionable Affair”. We can’t think of a better way to honor someone you know, perhaps a friend or a loved one, who has battled cancer.

It is with a great deal of excitement that the American Cancer Society presents its 9th annual Santa Cruz Fashion Show “A Fashionable Affair” this Fall. Survivors, friends, and family members will be inspired by this unique event. Men, women, and children, all cancer survivors, will be our celebrity models. Since 2009, the Santa Cruz Fashion Showhas become one of Santa Cruz’s preeminent charitable events.

Approximately 250 guests will enjoy a memorable afternoon including a delectable luncheon, entertainment, auctions, and other exciting activities at the beautiful Seascape Resort in Aptos, CA.

Thank you for your consideration of this request and joining us in the fight against cancer. Together we can continue to fund lifesaving research and save lives. Please respond by May 11, 2018, to be included on print materials. For additional information please contact Nancy Valdez at 831.772.6524 or by email: nancy.valdez@cancer.org.

history & mission

Founded in 1913, the American Cancer Society is the nation’s largest community-based voluntary health organization and has played a role in virtually every cancer breakthrough in recent history. As a global grassroots force, the Society tackles every cancer in every community to eliminate the disease as a major health problem.

recent accomplishments

The American Cancer Society’s patient navigation services continues to expand, with new centers at health care facilities across the nation. The program provides one-on-one guidance to people facing cancer through every step of their journey, serving more than 88,000 cancer patients and families yearly and fulfilling more than 157,000 requests for service. Thanks to our cancer-fighting efforts, more than 400 people a day in the US are celebrating birthdays this year who would have otherwise been lost to the disease.

research

As the largest nongovernmental funder of cancer research, having spent more than $4.6 billion on cancer research since 1946, we’ve played a role in nearly every cancer breakthrough in recent history. We fund beginning researchers with cutting-edge ideas early in their careers – 47 of whom have gone on to win the Nobel Prize, the highest accolade in scientific achievement. education We provide information that empowers people to take steps that help them prevent cancer or find it early, when it’s most treatable. We partner with cities, towns, community groups, schools, faith organizations, corporations, and others to bring practical cancer-fighting information through our programs that promote physical activity and smoking cessation.

advocacy

American Cancer Society advocates and grassroots volunteers give cancer a voice and face by promoting effective cancer policies and legislation at the federal, state and local levels. Current advocacy efforts include fighting for everyone to have access to quality health care, lifesaving screenings, clean air, and more.

patient services

Each year, we help cancer patients everywhere get the help they need when they need it. For example, last year alone we assisted nearly a million people who called us for help, providing free services like a place to stay while traveling away from home for treatment, rides to treatment, emotional support, and much more.

For more information about the American Cancer Society, visit www.cancer.org or call 800.227.2345.

About Us

For more than a 100 years, The American Cancer Society has been leading the fight to end cancer. With your support, we have helped usher in an era where more people survive cancer than ever before. By translating our research findings into action, we've seen a 20% decline in US cancer death rates since the early 1990s.